multiple gui terminals in linux

[priyankgupta1984]

Hi to all and thanks in advance.

i have 2 questions.

1. Normally in linux we have 6 cli base terminals and 1 gui base terminal but is it possible to get more then one gui base terminals.

2. Can please any one explain me how graphics get load in linux.

[atreyu]

I think what you are referring to are Virtual (console) Terminals (i.e., the "6 cli base terminals"), and the "gui base terminal" is the graphical desktop (i.e., Gnome or KDE), which runs on top of an X server. Is this right?

If so, then, yes, you can configure your system to run multiple X servers with graphical desktops. Are you sure that is what you want, though? That would only be ideal to share a workstation locally b/t multiple users that need to be logged in at the same time. You may want XDMCP, which would allow remote graphical logins or VNC (and related) which does roughly the same thing.

[priyankgupta1984]

@atreyu

Yes you are right I am asking for same thing but i want multiple graphical desktop on one system where user can switch between terminals normal by using ctrl+alt+fx key

[atreyu]

Okay, to test it out, go to one of your virtual terminals (e.g., Ctrl+Alt+F1 - F6) and:

1. log in as some user
2. start an X session manually:

startx -- :2

A new X server should now be running. The default desktop session for that user should be running on top of it. You should automatically be switched to it, too. It is likely running on VT8 ( e.g., Ctrl+Alt+F8 ).

Once that is working, get it to work automatically by configuring your graphical login manager (e.g., gdm). It's been a while, but I think you can do this by editing /etc/gdm/custom.conf but it varies by distro.